If every picture tells a story, then this one’s a veritable masterpiece: an image of Calgary police ticketing a driver for installing curtains on a vehicle’s windows to shield the sun from his eyes.

I kid you not. Calgary Police Service posted the photo on its website a few weeks ago, though it did the motorist in question a solid by not identifying him.

But it got the message across, one summed up recently by police Chief Katie McLellan, who described the standard of driving in Calgary these days as simply atrocious. I’d wager many longtime Calgarians would echo that sentiment.

According to McLellan, the problem isn’t confined to those who don’t pay attention, tailgate or speed — whom sensible motorists have been forced to endure since the days of Henry Ford — but nowadays there are people behind the wheel who don’t appear to know how to drive at all.

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The chief notes the recent population explosion in our city, which has brought with it many new, inexperienced drivers. That influx........

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